Chapter 1485 Under the 3rd Battle of Disney

"Oh, my god!"

At the voting site of the shareholder meeting, contacting the shareholder representatives of the camp halfway to change the original voting preference is too much movement, and an insider can easily leak the news, and it is impossible to keep it secret.

Announcing the end of the shareholder meeting, Eisner got up and left amidst applause, but was soon stopped by an angry George Mitchell.

George Mitchell scolded loudly: "What the hell did I do to you? What did I do Michael? Cause you to hate me so much!?"

"Didn't you keep the independent director seat?"

Eisner didn't feel guilty about the backstab at all, and retorted quietly: "As Paulson said, you have proved your influence in Disney... But George, you are so old, why bother?" To be a puppet of Goldman Sachs?"

"Fxxkyou, Michael."

George Mitchell swears, "Friends always help each other out! Always! You don't really want to see Robert Iger or Linton sharing power with you do you? And...and it's an election year! Donkeys need Disney needs ABC and so does Goldman Sachs!"

"You need the donkeys, don't you? You've retired from politics, and there's no way you're going back to George!"

"Who can tell? Reagan will be re-elected at the age of seventy-four!"

"Okay, okay, stop yelling here, let's go back to the company to talk...together?"

Eisner offered to invite George Mitchell into his car.

"He returned in the car with George Mitchell!"

This move was quickly grasped by those who cared, and Linton anxiously informed Song Ya: "George Mitchell was not killed at the meeting today, that old thing will turn to compromise!"

Eisner's motion for re-election was rejected by as much as 68% of valid votes, while George Mitchell's re-election motion was only rejected by 43%. Scary, but not all George Mitchell supporters.

Since Eisner changed his mind temporarily, it is impossible for Linton and other cronies to get all the shareholder representatives of his own camp in a short time. In addition, there is no public opinion preparation for George Mitchell's ability to be an independent director. Most of the intermediate shareholder representatives should Neither would be inclined to vote no.

But do the 43% who rejected George Mitchell's re-election belong to our own camp? also impossible,

Eisner himself only got 32% of the votes, so at least 11% of the effective votes came from other enemies of George Mitchell, such as the alliance of Robert Iger and Jobs, and a small number of middle shareholder representatives .

Song Ya and Linton have supported Eisner from the beginning to the end, which can be counted as 32% of the support votes today. Eisner himself must know how much he and his other cronies have directly grasped. votes, estimate the approximate proportion of intermediate shareholder representatives, and then subtract it from 32%, you can probably figure out how many votes the alliance between Song Ya and Linton can affect.

And after figuring this out, use the 68% veto votes to keep subtracting, stripping away the Robert Iger and Jobs camp, the George Mitchell and Goldman Sachs camp, the California Public Employees Retirement Fund and other institutions, and possibly most of the intermediate shareholders On behalf of, it is almost possible to estimate the value of the Roy Disney camp.

After all, His Majesty the Emperor is His Majesty the Emperor. He detected the general ticket shape of the five parties in the game through the sudden backstab of George Mitchell.

Then the rest is easy to speculate. Tomorrow, the board of directors will hold a board meeting to discuss the implementation of the resolutions of the general meeting of shareholders. Eisner will not only resign from one of the positions of chairman and CEO, but also must ensure that the new candidate will not trigger a collective riot among shareholders. What kind of extraordinary general meeting of shareholders will come out to confront.

If the new candidate will trigger Disney's "constitutional crisis", he may not even be able to keep the remaining position.

If he intends to choose the safest plan, which is to launch the one with the greatest influence on shareholders among George Mitchell, Robert Iger, and Linton, and then remove Roy Disney, who is completely unacceptable, judging by today's ticket type, it is true There is a high probability that George Mitchell will have the last laugh.

"We are his base, Linton. If he thinks you will always obey him, then you will be the one who will always be sacrificed!"

Tonight is the last moment, and Song Ya also hurried out to contact Linton and others to carry out the plan of "force the palace".

"whispering sound……"

In the chairman's office of the Disney headquarters, George Mitchell went out with his hands in his trouser pockets, and saw Robert Iger and others with gloomy faces waiting for the emperor to summon him outside.

Today's 43% re-election veto is nothing more than a dangerous pass, and the face of the former Senate majority leader has also been made ugly.

He knew that Eisner's backstab was just a game of power, and Robert Iger must have contributed to those votes. The fragile alliance reached by the two parties to overthrow Eisner before the shareholders' meeting has lost the basis for cooperation.

With victory in sight, the old man let out a disdainful snort from his nostrils, then nodded with everyone at the door and walked away.

"Goldman Sachs is Goldman Sachs after all..."

Robert Iger looked at his back, frowned slightly and sighed secretly, then calmed down and knocked on the door.

"George Mitchell left, looking smug, and then Robert Iger and they went in."

The insider who inquired about the news immediately made a small report, "Robert Iger, and the ABC TV network...ESPN station..."

"They came out! Wait! Robert Iger doesn't seem to be there! One, two, three... Well, no, he was left by the boss to talk alone!"

Report in real time.

"BOSS sent two sandwiches in..."

"Robert Iger is out! He's depressed!"

"Boss is looking for you!"

After waiting until His Majesty summoned him, Linton looked at the time. It was already past eight o'clock in the evening. Eisner and Robert Iger had been negotiating alone for more than an hour, "Let's go too."

He tidied up his suit, and led Bowei, Touchstone Films and other "live-action film gang" executives to form a team to the appointment.

"Please wait a moment, he told you that he will only let you in, Mr. Vice Chairman." The secretary stopped everyone and let Linton in alone.

"I have decided to let George Mitchell take over as chairman." Asner cut to the chase.

"This this……"

Linton, who was hit with a sap on the head, was almost speechless, "You can't be such a boss, think about Paulson standing behind George Mitchell... think about The Wolf of Wall Street!"

"You are mine! Linton, don't forget that."

Eisner poured him a glass of wine and handed it over, "The next period will be very difficult for us, and I need you to watch over George Mitchell from the position of vice chairman."

"he……"

"He has no foundation in the company, he won't have much power, and he is almost seventy-two years old. After two years at most, we can drive him out, and then you take over as CEO, and I can go to the chairmanship to prepare for retirement. ’ said Eisner.

How about coaxing a three-year-old? ! Linton knew too well the emperor in front of him who had been serving him for more than ten years. As soon as he heard the word 'retirement', he knew that the other party was not telling the truth. final decision?"

"Yes, it will be announced at the board meeting tomorrow."

"What about APLUS? Don't you see him?" Linton moved out of the backstage, "He's waiting."

"I know, I'll see you later."

Asner raised his glass, "That's it."

"No, no no..."

Rebellion requires psychological construction in advance. Only now can Linton realize that it is not easy for Song Ya to toss the giants to the ground for more than ten years. Pile of allies are waiting!

He refused to clink glasses for the first time, "Once you announce George Mitchell as chairman, APLUS will take the film and record business, you know he can do it! BOSS! There are still many people out there who don't like George Mitchell! Shareholders don't like it either, and today he was almost passed a motion of no confidence..."

"also?"

Eisner raised his eyebrows in displeasure.

"I'm sorry." Linton apologized for the gaffe.

"As long as you stand in line with me, APLUS won't leave, at least with a high probability, Linton..."

Eisner turned and said earnestly: "Think about it, whoever leaves first, he or Jobs, must be the enemy of our Disney and the one who stays, whether it is Disney plus Goldman Sachs plus APLUS, or Disney plus Goldman Sachs plus Jobs, combined The energy raised is something that neither of them can fight against in the Walkman business war!"

Prisoner's Dilemma? It seems to make sense, has His Majesty the Emperor still found a way out of the impossible?

Linton opened his mouth when he heard the words.

"So the next most likely situation is that they will all clamor to leave Disney, but they all procrastinate and hope that the other party will leave first. Time, I just need time now. The stock price of 20 dollars is already so low that it is out of Disney's fundamentals , as long as the stock price is restored during my tenure as CEO, all opposition voices today will calm down!"

Eisner continued to paint cakes. Usually, he would not waste so much time talking to the subordinate in front of him, "So, accept the arrangement, Linton, you are the youngest, and the future belongs to you. Help me keep APLUS, and then you personally Gotta do some more work to silence the naysayers when I appoint you as CEO."

"But I'm in the copyright company..."

Linton was a little aggrieved. As the guardian of copyright, this position is extremely important, but the achievements are generally not paid attention to by the outside world.

"In this way, you will also serve as the president of Bowei Pictures, and then you will work hard for me! Since you are so confident in your live-action movie strategy, I believe you will have good results."

Bowei is the distribution company of Disney's live-action movies and some animated movies. Due to its great power, the president of the group used to be the CEO of the group, that is, Eisner himself.

Now that it's done, maybe...

No! no no!

Linton's sense of smell is extremely sensitive, and he suddenly found a blind spot in a daze, "You said that to Robert Iger just now, right? Boss."

"say what?"

"Tolerate George Mitchell for two years and take over as CEO... I can't think of anything else he is willing to compromise except your promise of the CEO position." Linton replied.

"What are you implying!? I'm playing tricks on you?!"

Eisner could only be furious for a moment, and roared like an old lion: "I trust you Linton so much, but what have you become now!? Take a good look at yourself! You are the vice president of Disney, not some APLUS Spokesperson, megaphone!"

Is the billionaire's megaphone ashamed? Linton's tone also became higher: "I am also for the company. You know the character of APLUS very well. His record and film companies are not like Jobs' Pixar animation! Pixar's many sequel projects are in Disney due to the copyright of the first song animation and characters. , the economic loss will be even greater if you leave, and there is a car story that was abandoned halfway... What about APLUS? The big deal is to pay us a huge breakup fee like we did at Universal back then, and then we can pat our ass..."

"Yes, he can walk more freely than Jobs, but what about yourself? The more you are bound to him, the more enemies you will have in Disney. He doesn't want Paulson or Jobs, who else can he tolerate? !?" Eisner interrupted and questioned: "I will promote you to the CEO position tomorrow, and I will probably be attacked by everyone the day after tomorrow. Goldman Sachs, Jobs, Roy...they all know that you belong to me and APLUS. There is a high probability that they will be able to gather two-thirds of the votes to hold an extraordinary shareholders meeting together!"

"But Jobs can't stand you!"

The more noisy Linton became, the more confident he became, and he retorted loudly: "And we have enjoyed working with APLUS for many years! He and I are friends, and he has always respected you very much. He is the same age as Blake, Eric, and Anders. The friendship between us is not bad! He and I... We have a bad relationship with some people, isn’t it because of following your orders? For example, Roy, APLUS is Johnny Carson’s year-end friend, and Roy’s relationship with Roy before The relationship is very good! Roy admired him very much!"

"We're talking about reality! Linton!"

Eisner was stung by his words about Jobs, "George Mitchell promised to bring back Katzenberg's DreamWorks animation division, and then we'd squeeze out Robert Iger and Jobs together, but that would take time! APLUS From now on, just tolerate Paulson for the time being. With us, George Mitchell and Paulson can’t do anything to him. The chairman of Goldman Sachs is not a man without temper.”

"In short, you can't throw us away like a rag!" Linton appealed to emotion: "Will Katzenberg still believe you? I doubt it, maybe it's just Harvey teaching George Mitchell to deceive you .”

"Oh! Damn it!"

Eisner was so angry that his heart ached again, he poked Linton's chest with his index finger, "I promoted you, don't think I don't know how good you are as the president of Hollywood Pictures Incompetence! I saved you, protected you, and arranged for you to disappear in a position that is being watched by the media, so that you will not continue to lose your face and mine! I have given you unlimited trust! Everything you have now is given to me. not APLUS!"

"So I will continue to reciprocate with 100% loyalty after I become CEO!"

Linton's aura was suppressed, but the matter had come to an end. He refused to show weakness, and shouted, "George Mitchell...he is not even one of us! Think for yourself!"

The conversation fell apart, and Linton slammed the door out.

Eisner slumped down on the boss chair, the angry expression on his face gradually subsided.

The flames of war in the company made him deeply tired, and Linton's last words also softened his determination. Yes, George Mitchell is not one of us...he is not Jewish.

The founder Walt Disney, like Henry Ford, the founder of Ford Motor Company, had a very debatable stance on the Jews before World War II. When he snatched power from the Disney family, the ethnic group quietly made great efforts behind his back. Then, It took painstaking efforts to completely reverse Disney's political orientation step by step.

Now, for the sake of personal power, I have to give back the chairman seat to a... white man from the United States?

whatever! Comcast's Roberts family backstabbed me, and News Corporation's Murdoch saw a joke, which one is not one of them, the times are different now!

After thinking about it, he decided to grit his teeth and face difficulties to complete this matter. Only George Mitchell is suitable. First protect himself, and then find a way to maintain the fragile balance. Time, time is everything!

At this time, his gaze accidentally fell on the cover of the magazine on the bookshelf that had an exclusive interview with his youngest son Anders.

What Linton said is correct. Almost all of his three children's businesses have intersected with APLUS, and APLUS is indeed helping them sincerely...

It's not that this natural power freak is reluctant to cause his sons to lose business and contacts, but at least he remembers to say hello to his sons in advance to prevent them from turning against APLUS' anger.

"Blake, how are you doing?" He called his eldest son first.

"Is there something wrong? It's four o'clock in the morning on my side..." The eldest son asked impatiently while yawning after being woken up while filming a location abroad.

"I feel the need to tell you that tomorrow, I will resign as the chairman of Disney..."

"OK."

The eldest son on the other end of the phone doesn't care about boring power struggles, he is very confident in his directing ability.

"Uh, maybe my relationship with APLUS will not be very pleasant, and it will have some impact on you."

"Awards? My Sahara is a commercial film, so I don't expect awards season." The eldest son still doesn't care, but he has always admired APLUS, "But as for? APLUS is a real artist, a super genius, no matter what he created. Songs, symphonies or scripts...even the legendary cat and mouse game clips. He discovered that other artists also have a hand, Linkin Park, Beyoncé, Alicia Keys...and the Hollywood A+ gang, it would be very serious for Disney to lose them Loss."

"Anders, what are you doing? It's noisy over there." He called his youngest son again.

"Wall Street Dinner."

Noisy conversations and women's laughter came from the other end of the phone, "Don't be discouraged father, I watched the broadcast today, you will take care of the trouble."

The youngest son seemed to be more concerned about himself, he was a little relieved and told the same thing.

"SHXT! I can work in the investment bank of APLUS!"

Sure enough, the youngest son immediately protested, "My performance is very good, and I'm waiting for the stock option reward, please don't make trouble for me..."

"Then let me analyze it from my point of view? After all, you are also an investment bank elite. Try to put aside your own personal interests and feelings." He considered.

"George Mitchell... that's okay, I get along with Harvey's friends, the Epstein brothers, and I will take care of them more in New York. Harvey supports George, right?"

The answer was wrong, he said a few words unhappy and hung up the phone.

"Eric..."

The reason why he called the second child at the end is because he actually likes a rebellious son the most. Both Blake and Anders lived their lives too smoothly under his wing. I have experienced the troughs in my life, and I have really grown up.

In order to save the Internet company he founded by himself, Eric turned into a soft pornographic online community, posted phishing links, caught social hotspots, half-coaxed and half-deceived to attract investment, regardless of whether it was legal or illegal, moral or immoral, and tried everything he could. On the other hand, he also thinks that he is the most similar to himself.

"My website still relies on YAHOO and Goto search to help promote it, so please don't leak my words."

The second son is also a man under the roof and had to bow his head. He first reminded him before analyzing seriously: "APLUS is ignoring the sniper battle of the estimated dog listing that is related to the life and death of Goto and the YAHOO alliance, and going to fight Jobs on the Walkman? I I think this strategic decision is very problematic. In order to win, he spent 500 million dollars to buy Sony, collected the copyright library authorization of the music store, and spent huge sums of money to expand the direct sales and franchise stores. I heard that he just spent hundreds of millions more. In your Disney? The tens of billionaires are throwing money like a helicopter, and the sales volume of Beats Walkman is only one-eighth to one-tenth of that of iPod. Last year’s annual report was quite tragic. I think he is at least in the pure business field Much lower than Jobs. He's not as shrewd as people say."

"So what do you do?" Eisner asked.

"I don't know, you have betrayed your relatives. Or...you can just announce your retirement tomorrow and let them fight. Maybe in two years, everyone will think of you again."

"Why!"

Eric is smart and capable, but his personality is too bastard. He was so angry that he almost couldn't catch his breath. "Is APLUS still waiting? Tell him to come here."

"APLUS, I'm sorry, today was really fucked..."

He personally opened the door and welcomed the young black pharaoh in, "What would you like to drink?" The more accommodating expression and attitude of the other party made him feel a little relieved.

"Whiskey is fine."

"Ha, I know you." He went to the wine cabinet to look for the fifty-year collection of the Royal Salute owned by the other party.

"Linton told me, is there no room for change? I..."

"Please don't talk about that again, I've made up my mind."

He interrupted the other party while pouring wine, "Linton is my man, and his qualifications are almost the same. The shareholders will not agree." The risk of an EGM.”

"You always have a way, Mr. Eisner."

"Haha, I'm almost at the end of the road today, you have to help me, this difficulty is for us... APLUS?"

He has a heart condition, he doesn't drink himself, and he turned around with a whiskey glass but couldn't find anyone, that's impossible, isn't it? The office can be seen through at a glance, and the lights are bright...

Such a freshman mixed blood old black...

'Clang! '

His pupils contracted suddenly, his hand unconsciously let go, and the wine glass fell to the floor and shattered, "You!" He was so angry at the scene in front of him that his eyes were tearing apart, and his expression instantly lost control.

APLUS actually sat in his exclusive seat, the chair belonging to the chairman of Disney!

"What are you doing!?"

Moreover, he leaned against himself with his back, leisurely admiring the scenery outside the window!

This is even more unacceptable than Murdoch laughing at himself with a grotesque tone and gesture at that time!

"Get up!"

"What?" Aplus leaned on the floor with his long legs and turned back 180 degrees, "Oh, sorry."

He apologized, but his body was still adjusting his sitting posture, as if he planned to adapt to this chair in advance!

"Get up! APLUS!"

He was so angry that there were ten thousand curse words in his stomach, but the only word left on his lips was 'get up'.

"You understand my concerns, and I understand yours, Mr. Eisner."

He glared at the black pharaoh who was sitting in a relaxed posture, but not as confident and domineering as a king, with a faint smile on his lips.

And in the eyes of the other party, maybe he is just a pale old man who has lost his composure?

Song Ya patted the armrest in admiration before Shi Shiran got up, turned sideways and gestured to the chair chicly, "You sit."

"No, let's go out."

Eisner lowered his head and broke away from eye contact, knowing that he had lost the respect of the other party forever, "Please go out first."